Angel Velásquez wrote:
I understand that top posting is to do something like this:
Denis Alessandro wrote that: bla bla bla bla bla
And that's wrong because the e-mail list have the history so you don't have to copy part of the text, because the copy is available, the e-mail list have different net-etiquette rules.
So you have to read first and then you answer WITHOUT copying parts of the e-mails in the thread, basicly :-)
Cheers
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 1:05 AM, Denis Alessandro Altoe Falqueto <denisfalqueto@gmail.com <mailto:denisfalqueto@gmail.com>> wrote:
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 6:20 PM, Scott <scottro@nyc.rr.com <mailto:scottro@nyc.rr.com>> wrote: > > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > A: Top-posting. > Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail? > > > :) > > (I bet a bunch of other people wanted to do that.) > > > > > On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 02:29:16PM -0500, Aaron Griffin wrote: >> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 2:21 PM, Xavier <shiningxc@gmail.com <mailto:shiningxc@gmail.com>> wrote: >> > http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/T/top-post.html >> >> I'm not sure >> >> > >> > What about using a consistent style, at least for one given ML? >> > arch-general is really painful to read sometimes. >> >> what you're talking about. >> >> > >> > Thanks! >> >> You must be crazy >> > > -- > Scott Robbins > PGP keyID EB3467D6 > ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) > gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu <http://pgp.mit.edu> --recv-keys EB3467D6 > > Angel: You've never done this before. Look, it takes > tremendous strength -- mental strength. > Wesley: Resistence to suggestion. Yes, I understand that. I like to > think of myself as possessing a certain... > Angel: Wesley, you don't even have sales resistance. How many thigh > masters do you own? > Wesley: The second one was a free gift with my Buns of Steel. > >
Funny you top posting to bash top posting ;)
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